Over spring break I stayed in Hillsdale for the missions trip put on by InterVarsity. Though I was in the same town, I was in another world. I found myself in many uncomfortable but stretching situations. We volunteered at the Salvation Army kitchen, the High Rise apartment building, and a school for special needs children,...
One day, everything was normal. Then, bizarre posters with dramatic smoke effects, goofy pictures, and repurposed memes covered every inch of the billboards in the library and the Grewcock Student Union. Campaign slogans, revolutionary Viva Lucchese shirts, and a 35-minute live Q&A flooded our Facebook feeds and we received personalized emails. It worked. According...
How much do you know about the history of Hillsdale College? Most of us know that a higher percentage of Hillsdale students volunteered to fight in the Civil War than at any other non-military school. We also know that the college was founded in 1844. (After all, that year appears in the Wi-Fi password.) However,...
“As the students filed in, there was the din of voices—happy because of the renewal of friendships,” a reporter for the Collegian described the mirthful 1925 fall convocation at College Baptist Church. Yet on April 6, 2017 students will sparsely populate the balcony and the side pews of the very same church because they do...
Ever heard of a microloan? Did you know that Hillsdale College offers one? Also known as the Will Carleton loan, the college’s microloan lends a small sum of money to students who need immediate cash for a school-related emergency, whether that be books for the new semester, an unprecedented hefty library fine, or a utilities...